Trump’s claims about Greenland are misinformation, Danish official says amid latest US push to acquire territory – live
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White House said military action remains an option, though Marco Rubio reportedly told lawmakers that was a tactic to get Denmark to sellTrump says using US military is ‘always an option’ for acquiring GreenlandMy colleague Sibylla Brodzinsky has reported on the relationship between the US and Colombia, home to significant oil reserves. Here is an extract from her story:Colombia has long been a close partner of the US in the fight against drug trafficking and enjoyed bipartisan support in Washington but relations have soured dramatically since Trump came to office.Colombia’s narcotics trade is largely controlled by illegal armed groups such as the Gulf Clan, the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident factions of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group, the majority of whose members demobilised after a 2016 peace deal … Continue reading...